LNP ‘Desperate and dirty’: Candidate hits out at tactics

LABOR'S Currumbin by-election candidate has blasted the LNP's 'desperate and dirty' campaign after her face was plastered on polling booth signs next to a 'dodgy' Jackie Trad.

It comes as LNP leader Deb Frecklington has robo-called Currumbin residents in a last-ditch pitch for their votes at today's by-election.

The LNP has erected prominent bunting and signage at polling stations in the key southern Gold Coast electorate, with headshots of a 'weak' Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and her 'dodgy' deputy Jackie Trad.

Labor candidate Kaylee Campradt, whose image appears on some of the signs, slammed the tactic as 'desperate and dirty'.

"Queensland is going into this terrible (coronavirus) crisis in a bad shape - worst unemployment in the country, increasing crime and blocked roads.

"You deserve better. With your support the LNP will fix the M1, save local jobs and get tough on crime. Vote 1 Laura Gerber and number every box."

The call comes after the LNP text Currumbin locals calling on them to punish Ms Palaszczuk at the ballot box for forging ahead with the council election and Currumbin and Bundamba by-elections in the face of the deepening coronavirus crisis.

Pundits predict the LNP will narrowly hold Currumbin in a knife-edge contest.